Duquesne University swimmers duck for cover when shots are fired in Fort Lauderdale airport

Hallie McCue, Michelle Heim and Lauren Devorace were in Terminal 2 when the shots that killed five people and injured eight others were fired Friday.

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Updated: 11:13 PM EST Jan 6, 2017

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WEBVTT UNLOADED.SHE AND HER TEAMMATES WEREFLYING HOME FROM WINTER SWIMTRAINING, WAITING AT THE FT.LAUDERDALE AIRPORT WHEN CHAOSHIT.>> AND THERE'S A PACK OF PEOPLESCREAMING AND SPRINTING TOWARDSME.REPORTER: THE THREE WOMEN WERESEPARATED AS THE SHOTS RANG OUT.>> SOMEONE SCREAMED GET DOWN,AND THEN SO WE ALL JUMPED TO THEGROUND AND THEN I HEARD ABOUTLIKE, SOMEWHAT I REMEMBER LIKE10 TO 12 SHOTS FIRED.REPORTER: McHUGH, A SENIORSWIMMER FROM ROCKY RIVER, OHIOSAYS SHE FELT TERROR AS SHE TOOKCOVER.>> I WAS ON THE GROUND, SHOVEDUNDER ONE OF THE ROWS OF BENCHESNEXT TO OUR TERMINAL GATE, AND IWAS BEING HELD DOWN BY SOMEONEON TOP OF ME.REPORTER: SHE RAN OUT ONTO THETARMAC WITH WITH THOUGHTS OF HERTEAMMATES RACING THROUGH HERMINE.>> AS I WAS RUNNING OUT I CALLEDMY COACH AND TOLD HIM THERE'S ASHOOTING HAPPENING, PLEASE DON'TCOME TO THE AIRPORT, I'M ALONE,AND CALL THE OTHER TWO AND MAKESURE THEY'RE OKAY.REPORTER: HOURS LATER SHE WASREUNITED WITH THE OTHER WOMEN,THEY'RE ALL OKAY.BUT THEY'VE BEEN S STUCK IN THETERMINAL SINCE, TOLD THEY'LL BERELEASED BY MIDNIGHT.THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ASSURESTHE WOMEN WILL GET ANY HELP THEYNEED.>> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR FULLATTENTION TO THOSE THREE YOUNGLADIES.UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A LARGEDUE --FORTUNATELY THERE'S A LARGE

Duquesne University swimmers duck for cover when shots are fired in Fort Lauderdale airport

Hallie McCue, Michelle Heim and Lauren Devorace were in Terminal 2 when the shots that killed five people and injured eight others were fired Friday.

Duquesne senior Hallie McCue says she was in Terminal 2 with some of her Dukes swimming teammates when the shots that killed five people were fired Friday inside Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.